what is ecdc?
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The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and it’s information system – setting the context. László Balkányi, knowledge manager, SAU/STAKS/KM team European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Istanbul, 25 September, 2009. What is ECDC?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and it’s information system
– setting the contextLászló Balkányi, knowledge manager, SAU/STAKS/KM teamEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Istanbul, 25 September, 2009
April, 2009
What is ECDC?
A European Union Agency which : • is a member of the European
Union (EU) family of ~ 22 agencies
• covers EU 27, EEA/EFTA countries, and as of 1 January 2008 integrating Turkey, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Croatia
“An independent agency, named the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control” (EC Regulation 851/2004) •started four years ago, now operational in every aspect of its mandate
What is the role of ECDC?
April, 2009
Identify, assess & communicate current & emerging health threats to human health from infectious diseases (this a ‘risk assessment’* role and an ‘advisory role’ to the EC and MS on risk management issues)
Detection of health threats: surveillance and epidemic intelligence;
Provide evidence-based scientific opinions/advice;
Strengthen preparedness and response
– Operate the early warning system and response
– Support MS in outbreak investigation and RA;
– Build capacity through training
Health Communication(in the domain of infectious diseases)
* no risk management is done directly by ECDC
What is ECDC’s independence?
ECDC is independent in its technical and scientific work which has to be evidence-based -> no influence from any side (e.g. commercial companies, burocracies, national or EU level politics)
In all other aspect of the work, we are part of the EU family: administration, communication, partnership with EU institutions, etc.
ECDC is a scientific and technical
institute
April, 2009
How is ECDC organised?
April, 2009
– General IT Architecture in the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Leonora Brooke
– Epidemic Intelligence System (EPIS) Thomas Mollet
– ECDC's Identity Management System (IDM) Leonora Brooke
– The European Surveillance System (TESSy) - Strengthening the infectious disease surveillance in Europe Per Rolfhamre
– Communicating with Public Health Organizations (CIS/CRM): technical solution. Alexandru Mihai
– Building and Using Terminology Services for the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (TS) László Balkányi
Now let us see what IT can do for ECDC?
- snippets of the federated collection of ECDC ICT services